A History of English Rhythms, Volume 2

accentual verse Alexandrine alliteration alliterative Anglo-Saxon appears ballet-stave Beowulf burthen Cadmon Cædmon Chaucer child common couplet criticism dialect doth early earth English poetry Eormanric fifteenth final rhime five accents following staves four accents Harl hath heaven hexameters hire Iambic Iambic Tetrameter imitation inflexion interwoven rhime interwoven stave kind king land language Latin Layamon lengthening lollai Lord meaning metre metrical point Milton mixed rhime monk Myrgings Norman notice o'er original Ormulum passage peculiarities poem poet probably prose Psalm-metres quoted reader rhythm Robert of Brunne Romance Romance poetry roundle sectional rhime seems sixteenth century sometimes song specimen Spenser Spenser-stave stanza stave stave of four syllables Tetrameter thær thæt thair thee ther thirteenth century Thorpe thou tion translation tumbling twelfth century verb verse of five versification virelay wæs word writer written wrote